COMPSCI 1033: Week 5 - COMPSCI
1033 Test Questions and Answers.
Creative Common symbols - Answer $ - non-commercial use (no one but person can make
money)
person ♂️
- attribution (must acknowledge the person if you copy/remix/use photo)
= - no derivatives - others can only use verbatim version of your work
SA - share alike - others can share work only under license you have chosen for your work
What is creative commons and what do they do? - Answer non profit organization that
provides licensing tools that are free to use
- can apply a license to your work
What is copyright? - Answer protection of written material or ideas (your rights to control
your works of creative expression)
What can you copyright? - Answer anything you created that is TANGIBLE
E.g. drawing vs a song in your head (have to record song for it to be copyrighted)
Changing a design 20% means you can use it. True or false? - Answer FALSE this is a myth
Network - Answer a group of interconnected computers (could be connected with wires,
wirelessly, satelites)
Eg western has its own network of computers that talk to each other
Internet - Answer a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the
standardized Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide
How does the internet work? - Answer
What is a packet? - Answer
What does ARPANET stand for? - Answer Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
TCP/IP has a direct line. True or false? - Answer False. There is NO direct line.
, A centralized computer, with other computers feeding off it, is the most reliable type of
network. - Answer FALSE, if one goes down, you are screwed
TCP/IP - Answer Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Which of the following is TCP NOT responsible for? - Answer
Numbers in IP address must be under what? - Answer 255
Is the internet hardware or software? - Answer hardware (wires)
How does the internet work? - Answer It uses TCP/IP (a standard protocol)
How does TCP work? - Answer packet switching
What is a packet? - Answer a small group of bytes consisting of a header (tells where it is
heading:destination and where it came from: source) and the body.
Packet switching is better than - Answer circuit switching
Circuit switching is - Answer unreliable (if there is a break in the line)
Protocol - Answer rules for the format and transmission of data
How does TCP work? - Answer Messages are divided into packets and sent all at once.
Packets are numbered so that they can be re-ordered and missing packets can be requested by
the receiver.
TCP is slower than UDP because error checking like this takes more time, but it is much more
reliable.
TCP preplans the route. True or false? - Answer FALSE
Circuit switching has one direct line unlike packet switching. - Answer True (packet has
multiple)
1033 Test Questions and Answers.
Creative Common symbols - Answer $ - non-commercial use (no one but person can make
money)
person ♂️
- attribution (must acknowledge the person if you copy/remix/use photo)
= - no derivatives - others can only use verbatim version of your work
SA - share alike - others can share work only under license you have chosen for your work
What is creative commons and what do they do? - Answer non profit organization that
provides licensing tools that are free to use
- can apply a license to your work
What is copyright? - Answer protection of written material or ideas (your rights to control
your works of creative expression)
What can you copyright? - Answer anything you created that is TANGIBLE
E.g. drawing vs a song in your head (have to record song for it to be copyrighted)
Changing a design 20% means you can use it. True or false? - Answer FALSE this is a myth
Network - Answer a group of interconnected computers (could be connected with wires,
wirelessly, satelites)
Eg western has its own network of computers that talk to each other
Internet - Answer a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the
standardized Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide
How does the internet work? - Answer
What is a packet? - Answer
What does ARPANET stand for? - Answer Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
TCP/IP has a direct line. True or false? - Answer False. There is NO direct line.
, A centralized computer, with other computers feeding off it, is the most reliable type of
network. - Answer FALSE, if one goes down, you are screwed
TCP/IP - Answer Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Which of the following is TCP NOT responsible for? - Answer
Numbers in IP address must be under what? - Answer 255
Is the internet hardware or software? - Answer hardware (wires)
How does the internet work? - Answer It uses TCP/IP (a standard protocol)
How does TCP work? - Answer packet switching
What is a packet? - Answer a small group of bytes consisting of a header (tells where it is
heading:destination and where it came from: source) and the body.
Packet switching is better than - Answer circuit switching
Circuit switching is - Answer unreliable (if there is a break in the line)
Protocol - Answer rules for the format and transmission of data
How does TCP work? - Answer Messages are divided into packets and sent all at once.
Packets are numbered so that they can be re-ordered and missing packets can be requested by
the receiver.
TCP is slower than UDP because error checking like this takes more time, but it is much more
reliable.
TCP preplans the route. True or false? - Answer FALSE
Circuit switching has one direct line unlike packet switching. - Answer True (packet has
multiple)
